Individualism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

and wanted to provide new hires with leadership opportunities. Equally important, the limited partners could now have some flexibility in their commitments. At about the same time, the firm confronted the problem of sustaining Greylock's supply of capital as the tax... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

at HBS that attracted nearly 300 individual donors in addition to a number of companies and other organizations. “I knew the measure of whether I’d lived up to the chair wouldn’t be how many books I wrote or my scholarly reputation,” says... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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The Camel and the Unicorn

merchants basically built a portfolio of these highly risky ventures. A lot of the boats didn't come back. Some of the boats didn't come back full or didn't pay off. And with that approach, were able to really build an industry. And that model of investing in View Details

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

class, a masterful faculty member who can bring the most out of them, cases and exercises that ground discussion in real-world problems, and a campus designed to support a fully engaged residential learning community, together create an experience that transcends the... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

game and that a passive approach is more profitable in today’s market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book explains why and how View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Up by the Roots

notion of a single fintech capital—whether it be New York or London, Beijing or the Bay Area—may be misplaced. Instead, the future of fintech may resemble what Gibbins describes as a global network of distributed ecosystems, each with its own View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Happens Next in Ukraine?” As attack unfolds, escalation, nuclear standoff among Harvard experts’ worst fears Harvard Gazette Wide range of possible targets for Russian cyber strikes, from infrastructure to smartphones Ex-intelligence officer notes role of View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

management. The authors provide first-hand accounts of M&A transactions that they led or were involved in, assessing each from an insider perspective and outlining the key success factors and pitfalls. The book concludes with practical checklists that include the most... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

in subjects such as business history and leadership, the contributions of IT were much more limited. The result was a curriculum with pockets of IT excellence. "We had a lot of very bright individuals working on cutting-edge projects in... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

about the relationships you foster within an organization. At the end of the case, the individual had not fostered his internal relationships well (not enough blue lines) and was fired from his job. At the time, I thought this was... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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